Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the "Baa3" rating assigned to Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center's $329 million of debt and maintained the hospital's negative outlook.

Increased demand and the desire to meet the healthcare needs of the community has driven Gothenburg (Neb.) Memorial Hospital to initiate a major, 50,000 square-foot expansion.

Rebounding from a tumultuous week in the stock market, three for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices increase, while two saw their prices drop last week.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Healthcare System's bond rating to "Baa3" from "Ba1."

Real gross domestic product fell 2.9 percent at an annual rate during the first quarter of this year, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis estimate released in June.

Medical device companies could miss out on $34 billion in potential revenue by 2020 because of disruptive change in the industry, according to a study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

In 2012, United States healthcare expenditures totaled $1.35 trillion, though medical care expenses are predominantly concentrated among a relatively small portion of individuals, according to a recent report by the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Plans are in the works to build a 24-hour hospital in the Colorado Springs (Colo.) area, according to a report from The Gazette.

Moody's Investors Service has assigned an "Aa3" rating to Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health and Services’ $210 million of series 2014D fixed rate revenue bonds to be issued by the Washington Health Care Facilities Authority.

UnitedHealth Group's net earnings in the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 rose 2 percent, from $1.57 billion in 2013 to $1.6 billion this year.